The Untold Truth Of Yoga With Adriene's Adriene Mishler

Adriene Mishler has definitely made a name for herself with her YouTube channel Yoga with Adriene. As of 2021, the channel has nearly 10 million subscribers, while her most popular videos have upwards of 20 million views. But despite her YouTube fame, Mishler wasn't always planning on making a living through yoga teaching. In fact, when she was younger, she had dreams of making it big in Hollywood. "I grew up in an art and theater family," she told Paper. "My parents were actors and writers and directors." 

Apparently, Mishler assumed she would follow in their footsteps. She acted throughout her childhood and studied theater in college. And for a while, Mishler's career seemed to be on the right track. For one, she starred in Joe in 2013 opposite Nicolas Cage. As she joked to the Independent, "It doesn't get any bigger than that, you know? I pressed my bare chest up against Nicholas Cage's back."

Mishler decided to train as a yoga teacher to supplement her acting career. Of course, eventually, it took over. As she put it, she's "no long interested in becoming a famous actress. I'm famous enough."